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Voice Assurance
Data Assurance
Radius (or Margin Assurance )
Market Assurance
100
What are is usually the first area where voice services are assured?
Billing Assurance
100
What is the most common method of billing for "old school" data products?
Flat Rate
100
What is an alternative name for Margin Assurance ?
Profit Assurance
100
What are the 2 components that make up a market assurance control?
Margin Control and a Change Management Control
200
What methods are typically utilized to assure the rating of voice calls (name 2)
Test Calls, Re-rating
200
What are the biggest risks associated with Data Revenues
Failure to "cut off" or "monitor" the data or service recieved (negative assurance)
200
Which domains are the most likely to need Margin Assurance ?
Lines of Business (interconnect, vas, VNO, Roaming)
200
Which areas commonly employ market assurance ?
Marketing, New Product Development, Bundling
300
At one point in the product lifecycle is are most voice services?
Main Street or In Decline
300
What is the protocol most often utilized to control the delivery of data services?
TCP/IP
300
What are some of the other domains where margin assurance is commonly applied?
Network Asset Assurance, MTTR Assurance, Segment Assurance, Sales Commission Assurance, Tower Assurance
300
Is market assurance a requirement for an RA Department
No, it is optional
400
What are the three major architectural approaches to voice billing?
Prepaid, Postpaid, Convergent
400
The biggest internet data carriers are referred to as...
Tier 1 Carriers
400
What is the formula for profit?
Revenues-Expenses = Profit
400
Why is market assurance important?
It provides management with controls over the success of products and promotions
500
Why is prepaid billing considered to have more risk associated with it?
It happens in real time - Instant Leakage
500
What is the billing protocol most often utilized for data services?
Radius (or Diameter)
500
Which line of business is usually the first to require MARGIN ASSURANCE CONTROLS?
Interconnect Voice
500
How often is the RA team involved in market assurance?
Approximately 25% of all operators